Beyond “Hace Calor”: Mastering Weather Talk in Spanish
Sweat Drops and Fog Banks It was 7 a.m. in Santo Domingo when the security guard of my building greeted me with, “Papá, hoy hay un solazo del diabl
Baby Shower in Medellín: Gift-Giving, Small Talk, and the Spanish Vocabulary That Makes It Flow
Three weeks ago I found myself balancing a tower of pañales tier cake in one hand and a suspiciously rattling gift bag in the other, inching through
Asking for Wifi Installation: Claro vs Tigo
El día que mi serie se congeló y empecé a vivir la aventura del router I was halfway through a Dominican crime drama, popcorn in hand, when the spi
Asking for Directions in Cartagena’s Walled City—Local Spanish Tips
Getting Happily Lost: My First Sunset Inside the Walls I still remember the lavender dusk that settled over Cartagena the first time I arrived from Sa
Apartment-Hunting Vocabulary: From “Fianza” to “Piso Compartido”
Why Vocabulary Is Half the Lease Battle My first rental meeting in Madrid ended with a polite handshake—and a contract that hid an aval bancario (ba